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D'oh (represented in the shows script as "annoyed-grunt") is Homer Simpson's famous catchphrase. It is used when Homer hurts himself, finds out something to his embarrassment or chagrin, is outsmarted, or undergoes or anticipates misfortune.

When Dan Castellaneta,Homer's voice actor, was first asked to voice the exclamation, he rendered it as a drawn out "doooh", inspired by Jimmy Finlayson, the moustached Scottish actor who appeared in many Laurel and Hardy films. Finlayson coined the term as a minced oath to stand for the word "Damn!" The show's creator Matt Groening felt that it would better suit the timing of animation if it were spoken faster so Castellaneta shortened it to "D'oh!"

It was first heard on a Tracey Ullman Show short entitled "Punching Bag", which aired on November 27, 1988. When Bart and Lisa try to hide a punching bag with his face on it, and it knocks him out. Homer's reaction is "D'oh!" The next occasion it was heard was in the first episodes of The Simpsons, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", airing on December 17, 1989.

Variations of the catchphrase have been heard in numerous episodes, suiting a different situation, examples include "Ho-ho-d'oh!","D'oheth!","shimatta-baka-ni" and "D'oooooooooooooome!!".

Many episodes have also use (annoyed grunt) in their titles, because d'oh didn't originally have an official spelling, such as Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious and I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot, but other use the shortened term d'oh, such as C.E. D'oh and D'oh-in' in the Wind.

The term d'oh was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002, with the definition:”Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish. Also (usu. mildly derogatory) implying that another person has said or done something foolish (Duh).”

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"The Frying Game" is the twenty-first episode of the thirteenth season.

Plot

The endangered species 'screamapiller' takes up residence in Homer's anniversary gift for Marge, a koi pond. Bound by law not to disturb it, Homer accidentally injures the loud, unsettling beast and is sentenced to community service. Homer begins delivering Meals on Wheels to an elderly woman, Mrs. Bellamy, who takes a shine to him. She subtly guilts Homer and later, Marge, into becoming her personal servants. When Mrs. Bellamy turns up dead, having been stabbed with a pair of scissors, Homer and Marge are the prime suspects in the murder, even though they witnessed a man with braces leaving the murder scene, with Mrs. Bellamy's necklace. The people of Springfield are very suspicious of Homer and Marge, and Chief Wiggum does not believe their story, during an inspection of the house Maggie is found with Mrs. Bellamy's stolen necklace, presumably given to her by the Man with the braces. Bart, Lisa and Maggie are adopted by Cletus Spuckler, who decides to change their "city names." Despite no lie detector or DNA test given, the two are sentenced to Death Row. In a successful bid to spare Marge, Homer confesses it was all him. As he is sitting in the electric chair, it is suddenly revealed to Homer that he is on a reality TV show, Frame Up that airs on FOX along with No Pants Island and Fart Date. The whole thing was just part of an elaborate hidden camera scheme, the "man with the braces" was the show's host, and Mrs. Bellamy is guest host Carmen Electra in disguise. Homer and Marge are reunited with the kids, but Homer is left furious that he had to suffer so the show could get big ratings.

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Did you know...

• ...That President George Bush blamed the Simpsons for society's ills, famously claiming that American families should be less like The Simpsons and more like The Waltons, while First Lady Barbara Bush described the show as the "dumbest thing" she ever saw.
• ...That Matt Groening picked the word Bart by rearanging the letters in the word brat.
• ...There are 121 Springfields in the US.
• ...On the opening of every episode Maggie is listed to cost $847.63 at the cash register. It's the same amount that raising a baby costs in a year in the US.